TY - JOUR A1 - Heinrich, Sebastian A1 - Edeling, Florian A1 - Liebner, Christian A1 - Hieronymus, Hartmut A1 - Lange, T. A1 - Klemm, E. T1 - Catalyst as ignition source of an explosion inside a microreactor N2 - The present issue reports on a specific aspect of safety engineering of the heterogeneously catalysed oxidation of ethene in a continuous-flow microreactor. Conversion of ethene and the corresponding surface temperature of the catalyst were monitored for different reactor temperatures and total flow rates with a stoichiometric ethene/oxygen mixture for total oxidation. Safe operation of the highly exothermic oxidation was possible, but not in the whole parameter range. At high reactor temperatures and flow rates, ignition of an explosion inside the microreactor caused by a hot spot on the surface of the catalyst was observed for the first time. KW - Catalyst KW - Ethene KW - Explosions KW - Hot spot KW - Microstructure KW - Safety PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2012.08.049 SN - 0009-2509 VL - 84 SP - 540 EP - 543 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-26782 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Boon-Brett, L. A1 - Bousek, J. A1 - Black, G. A1 - Moretto, P. A1 - Castello, P. A1 - Hübert, Thomas A1 - Banach, Ulrich T1 - Identifiying performance gaps in hydrogen safety sensor technology for automotive and stationary applications N2 - A market survey has been performed of commercially available hydrogen safety sensors, resulting in a total sample size of 53 sensors from 21 manufacturers. The technical specifications, as provided by the manufacturer, have been collated and are displayed herein as a function of sensor working principle. These specifications comprise measuring range, response and recovery times, ambient temperature, pressure and relative humidity, power consumption and lifetime. These are then compared against known performance targets for both automotive and stationary applications in order to establish in how far current technology satisfies current requirements of sensor end users. Gaps in the performance of hydrogen sensing technologies are thus identified and areas recommended for future research and development. KW - Hydrogen sensor KW - Hydrogen detection KW - Safety KW - Sensor performance testing KW - Performance specifications KW - Performance targets PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.10.064 SN - 0360-3199 VL - 35 IS - 1 SP - 373 EP - 384 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-22893 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Quercetti, Thomas A1 - Nakagami, M. A1 - Komatsuki, S. A1 - Musolff, André A1 - Müller, Karsten A1 - Droste, Bernhard A1 - Fujisawa, K. T1 - Disposal container safety assessment - drop tests with 'Yoyushindo-disposal' waste container onto concrete target N2 - This paper presents technical details of the drop test performance as well as some experimental results of tests carried out with the Japanese 'Yoyushindo-Disposal' waste container for intermediate depth disposal. The drop test program comprised three single 8 m drop tests at the specimen's corner edge orientation onto a concrete slab. The slab was connected to the unyielding IAEA target of the BAM's 200 t drop test facility. The three tested specimens had masses between 20 000 and 28 000 kg depending on their content mass. The tests were accompanied by various metrology, such as strain and deceleration measurements, optical three-dimensional deformation methods, leak tightness testing and test installation for potential particle release measurements to collect a set of data for establishing a basis for safety assessment. KW - Drop test KW - Disposal container KW - Safety PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1179/174650910X12681251630291 SN - 1746-5095 SN - 1746-5109 SN - 0957-476X VL - 21 IS - 3 SP - 132 EP - 141 PB - Ramtrans Publ. CY - Ashford AN - OPUS4-22613 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrero, Fabio A1 - Kluge, Martin A1 - Schmidtchen, Ulrich A1 - Holtappels, Kai T1 - Modeling the heat transfer in acetylene cylinders during and after the exposure to fire N2 - In this paper two different approaches for predicting the heating-up of an acetylene cylinder involved in a fire and the afterward cooling with water are presented. In the simulations polynomial functions were used to describe the temperature dependency of the thermal properties of the cylinder interior, which is a complex system composed by a solid porous material, a solvent (typically acetone) and acetylene dissolved in it. Model equations covered heat conduction in the cylinder interior and at its walls. In the first approach the cylinder surroundings were simulated as a further domain constituted by CO2, during the fire exposure, and for water, during the cooling. In this domain the coupled heat transfer (convection and conduction) and the momentum equation (Navier-Stokes) were solved. In the second approach no further domain was considered but boundary conditions were set directly on the cylinder walls. Results of the calculations performed with both approaches are presented. This work could prove helpful in predicting to which extent the interior of an acetylene cylinder exposed to fire reaches temperatures capable of initiating the decomposition of acetylene and to determine how long a water cooling should be applied, so that the system is brought again under non-critical conditions. KW - Safety KW - Acetylene KW - Heat transfer KW - Fire KW - Water cooling PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2010.06.012 SN - 0950-4230 SN - 1873-3352 N1 - Geburtsname von Kluge, Martin: Beckmann-Kluge, M. - Birth name of Kluge, Martin: Beckmann-Kluge, M. VL - 23 SP - 654 EP - 661 PB - Butterworth CY - Guildford, Surrey AN - OPUS4-21808 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fischer, J. A1 - Liebner, Christian A1 - Hieronymus, Hartmut A1 - Klemm, A. T1 - Maximum safe diameters of microcapillaries for a stoichiometric ethene/oxygen mixture KW - Combustion KW - Explosions KW - Microstructure KW - Safety KW - Ethene KW - Oxygen PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2009.03.038 SN - 0009-2509 VL - 64 IS - 12 SP - 2951 EP - 2956 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-19446 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mitropetros, Constantinos A1 - Hieronymus, Hartmut A1 - Steinbach, J. T1 - Single bubble ignition after shock wave impact KW - Bubble KW - Combustion KW - Diffusion KW - Conduction KW - Detonation KW - Explosion KW - Safety KW - Shock induced PY - 2006 SN - 0009-2509 VL - 61 SP - 397 EP - 416 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-10846 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fomine, Pavel A1 - Mitropetros, Constantinos A1 - Hieronymus, Hartmut T1 - Modeling of detonation processes in chemically active bubble systems at normal and elevated initial pressures N2 - The detonation processes in chemically active bubble liquids under elevated initial pressures are investigated theoretically. It is shown, that supersonic regimes of wave propagation can exist, if the initial pressure is relatively high and the volume fraction of the bubbles is relatively small. Characteristic values of the bubble detonation wave pressure at sub- and supersonic regimes differ by an order of magnitude. The principal possibility of detonation wave structure transformation in the case of propagation in the mixture with high initial pressure and longitudinal gradient of bubble volume fraction is predicted. The leading shock may transform into a smooth wave of compression. The Chapman-Jouguet conditions for self-sustaining supersonic bubble detonation wave is obtained. A model of shock induced single bubble dynamics and ignition taking into account the real properties of the liquid, inter-phase transition processes, mechanical mixing of phases, ignition delay and continuous shift of chemical equilibrium have been described. Calculations for the oxygen containing bubble in liquid cyclohexane have been performed. KW - Bubble detonation KW - Bubble dynamics KW - Inter-phase exchange KW - Explosion hazard KW - Safety PY - 2003 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0950-4230(03)00018-4 SN - 0950-4230 SN - 1873-3352 VL - 16 SP - 323 EP - 331 PB - Butterworth CY - Guildford, Surrey AN - OPUS4-2579 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -